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Tag: freedom in Christ

Judge Less. More Filling.

Posted on August 16, 2013August 31, 2016 by Michael Rose
“Judge not lest you be judged” are haunting words for me.  I am coming to realize that a constant problem of the human creation is the propensity to judge others.   I think there are a variety of reasons for this but for our purposes here, suffice to say it is the natural consequence of...
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The Longing for Deeper Freedom

Posted on March 11, 2013August 1, 2018 by Michael Rose
So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. - John 8:36 It is a universal cry of the human heart.  The cry 'freedom' has resonated through the long halls of history and just as in day's past. This longing resonates just as loudly today.  Of course, freedom has many contexts including...
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Check your Luggage!

Posted on May 4, 2012April 26, 2016 by Michael Rose
As a family, we enjoy road trips.  We like adventuring out to a Kite festival or a vacation destination or just to tour the back-water places of western Canada and the United States.  They are wonderful adventures and along with discovering a lot of interesting things (like carpolite a.k.a petrified dinosaur poo!)  and people, we...
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Freedom in Love

Posted on September 8, 2011August 6, 2020 by Michael Rose
There is an interesting bit of scripture in Galatians where Paul states: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” (Gal 5:1a, NIV). It is part of the larger context of Galatians, as Paul is contrasting our freedom in Christ with the bondage that we seem to perpetually gravitate towards. He is absolutely...
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  • Being our Best Empath Self
    October 2, 2020

    Being our Best Empath Self

    For a long time, I couldn’t figure it out. They would come to shake my hand and greet me warmly, yet I often felt bewildered and confused. Confused because what I saw on the outside with a warm welcome strangely seemed to conflict with what their soul seemed to be screaming in their insides. Happy...
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  • Compassion Fatigue – Caring without Losing your Mind
    May 23, 2013

    Compassion Fatigue – Caring without Losing your Mind

    Every job has its hazards.  Some are pretty obvious; the danger of being a firefighter or working the high steel but for vocations in the helping industries the risks can often be less apparent.  There is a real danger of Compassion Fatigue for those who spend time caring for people.  These include physicians, nurses, counselors,...
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  • Stumbling Steps of Journey
    January 1, 2016

    Stumbling Steps of Journey

    These few thoughts were shared with me by a good friend.  In these short statements he is sharing something quite profound around the idea of journey, of growth and becoming.  Read through the short list only dwelling on the statement(s) that stir you in some way.   Consider: every step as transitory every articulated goal as...
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